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Insurer Fights $50M Payment Over Cost of Louisiana Sinkhole

The collapse of a portion of a salt dome that left a 37-acre sinkhole in swampy land west of Baton Rouge, La., has bubbled up into a $50 million dispute between the mine operator and its insurance company. Texas Brine …

Researchers Looking into Tremors Near Louisiana Sinkhole

Researchers are trying to determine the cause of small tremors recorded in the past two weeks coming from the northwest corner of a salt dome in northern Assumption Parish. The Advocate reports that the general area of the 1- by-3-mile …